Thursday's Daily Dozen (Dec 20, 2012)

Bruno Mars' LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN continues adding to its total plays tally, but today sees its lead shrink from 4,000+ to 3782, as new runner-up The Lumineers' HO HEY again adds plays faster than the speed of sound. Obviously, Bruno's reign at the top of our TPM charts is in no immediate danger ... Ke$ha's total is still showing daily major losses, and after slipping 2-3 yesterday, slides back 3-4 today. Meanwhile, still gaining DIAMONDS takes Rihanna up 4-3. Mediabase confirms what we reported earlier this week -- that following the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, airplay for Ke$ha’s DIE YOUNG fell sharply as many CHR-Top40 and Hot Adult stations temporarily removed it, which in turn caused its stats for Total Popular Music to drop much, much faster than normally might be expected ... And, as expected, Taylor Swift's SuperGainer I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE enters Today's Twelve, as Alex Clare's TOO CLOSE finally exits. TROUBLE adds 365 plays to its day-ago total ... The Top 12 Songs of the Day, every day, from TOTAL Popular Music - 'The NEW Mass Appeal Hit Music Radio Format!'